Private Executive Event | June 18, 2026 | Belgium

The Sustainable Factory Summit

Join IndX and Rockwell Automation for an invite-only manufacturing leadership roundtable on how MES helps operations leaders connect plants, reduce waste, improve visibility, and turn factory data into measurable performance.

Evening exclusive: a guided backstage tour of Paradise City, Europe's greenest festival. Never opened to guests before.

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1 DayIntensive format, no filler

4 PartnersIndX, Rockwel Automation, Microsoft, Routeco

PrivateInvitation only, curated seats

Hosted by

IndX

Rockwell Automation

Microsoft

Routeco

Why This Roundtable Exists

Manufacturers don't struggle because they lack software.

ERP is running. Orders are flowing. Reports are being generated. But on the plant floor, production data still lives in spreadsheets, manual logs, machines, operators' heads, and disconnected systems. That creates problems every operations leader recognizes: inconsistent output, poor visibility, slow reporting, unplanned waste, quality escapes, and no reliable source of truth across plants. And when sustainability, energy, waste, and audit data become business requirements, the same visibility gap becomes a compliance and customer risk.

Manufacturing

Disconnected Systems

ERP knows the order. MES knows the floor. Scheduling lives in Excel. When these can't talk, production visibility is fiction and decisions lag reality by days.

Manufacturing

MES Projects That Don't Deliver

Most MES implementations underperform. Not because the software is wrong, but because integration, change management, and rollout strategy are treated as afterthoughts.

Manufacturing

Multi-Plant Blind Spots

Running five sites is a different problem from running one. Without standardization and cross-plant visibility, every facility becomes an island and reporting becomes guesswork.

Sustainability

You Can't Report What You Can't Measure

CSRD requires ESG metrics from European manufacturers now. If your ERP and MES don't connect, the energy, waste, and yield data your compliance team needs doesn't exist in reportable form.

Sustainability

Digital Product Passports Are Coming

By 2027-2028, EU manufacturers must provide lifecycle data for products. That requires material traceability infrastructure most factories don't have today. Build it now.

Sustainability

Scrap Is a Sustainability Problem Too

Every kilogram of scrap is wasted material, wasted energy, and a line item in your CSRD report. Fixing quality and yield isn't just ops. It's your sustainability strategy.

Who Should Attend

Built for operational leaders responsible for plant performance, standardization, quality, waste reduction, and scalable execution.

Private and invitation-only. Seats are curated to keep every conversation peer-level and relevant.

VP / Director of Manufacturing
Chief Operating Officer
VP / Director of Operations
Plant Director / Production Leader
Digital Transformation Leader

Company Profile

Discrete Manufacturing Multi-Plant Operations ERP Implemented Shop Floor Modernization Tier 1-3 Automotive Food & Beverage Plastic & Metal Processing Part Manufacturing High-Volume Repetitive

June 18, 2026

Where manufacturing excellence meets regulatory readiness.

A full day of substance, no filler. MES, scheduling, sustainability data, and an exclusive evening experience.

TimeSessionPresenter

12:00 - 13:00

Arrival & Networking Lunch

Informal introductions and peer networking over lunch at the castle.

All

13:00 - 13:15

Welcome & Built to Run Clean

A short opening on why modern manufacturing needs the right MES to improve performance and prove sustainability.

IndX

13:15 - 13:35

Why MES Implementations Fail

A candid look at why MES programs stall and how poor implementation weakens visibility, adoption, and ESG reporting.

IndX

13:35 - 14:00

Smart, Sustainable Manufacturing for Multi-Plant Environments

Scheduling and waste reduction. Quality and scrap elimination. Traceability and DPP readiness. Energy monitoring and CSRD data capture.

Rockwell Automation

14:00 - 14:20

Rockwell Automation Ecosystem & Implementation Approach

How Rockwell Automation and IndX help manufacturers plan, deploy, and scale Plex without disrupting production.

Rockwell Automation

14:20 - 14:50

Coffee Break

Refreshments & Networking.

All

14:50 - 15:20

Customer Implementation Story

A real Plex deployment: OEE gains, waste reduction, energy savings, multi-plant rollout, and the lessons that don't make it into vendor decks.

IndX Rockwell Automation

15:20 - 16:00

Executive Roundtable Discussion

Moderated discussion with manufacturing leaders on manufacturing challenges, scheduling, MES, cloud, AI and multi-plant operations.

All

16:00 - 16:30

Live Plex Demo for Manufacturing

A focused demo showing how Plex captures production, quality, scrap, traceability, and sustainability data.

IndX

16:30 - 16:50

The Role of Cloud and AI in Manufacturing

An overview on cloud infrastructure for MES, data platforms, AI, security, scaling manufacturing systems in the cloud.

Microsoft

16:50 - 17:10

Executive Recap

A concise executive recap of key insights and actionable next steps.

All

17:10 - 18:00

Welcome Apero

Drinks and informal networking before the evening's exclusive experience.

All

From 18:00

Exclusive: Paradise City Backstage Experience

A private guided tour behind the scenes of Europe's greenest festival. Never opened to guests before.

Exclusive

One Investment. Two Outcomes.

The same MES data that runs your factory proves it's sustainable.

Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform

Operational Outcomes

Scheduling Optimization

Less overproduction, fewer changeovers, real-time control

OEE Improvement

Visibility into downtime, yield loss, and throughput

Quality & SPC

Catch defects early. Reduce scrap before it leaves the line

Multi-Plant Standardization

Consistent processes and data across every facility

Sustainability Outcomes

CSRD-Ready Reporting

Energy per unit, waste per batch. Data your ESG report needs

Material Traceability

Track materials through production. Backbone for Digital Product Passports

Waste & Scrap Reduction

Scrap is wasted energy and material in your CSRD footprint

Energy Monitoring

Contextualized energy data tied to production, not just a meter reading

Plex doesn't bolt sustainability on top of your operations. It builds it into the operating system of your factory.

The operational gaps your team has been trying to close are the same gaps blocking your sustainability reporting. Fix one, you fix both. That's the case we'll walk through on June 18.

75%

of European manufacturers lack the data infrastructure to meet CSRD

98%

of manufacturers have a sustainability policy but lack shop floor data to prove it

Plex Live Demo

See Plex MES in Action.

Live, not a slideshow. A focused walkthrough showing how Plex records production, quality, scrap, traceability, and energy data in real time.

Your Hosts

Brought to you by leaders in industrial software

Co-convened by organizations covering strategy, software, cloud infrastructure, and regional distribution.

Design automation and digital manufacturing consultancy executing MES, MOM, and PLM programs across Europe.

Global leader in industrial automation, delivering the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform for process and discrete industries.

Cloud, AI, and data platform for manufacturing. Powering secure, scalable MES infrastructure at enterprise scale.

Leading automation distributor connecting Rockwell technology to manufacturing operations across the Benelux region.

Evening Exclusive

A backstage pass to Europe's greenest festival.

You spent the day discussing what it takes to run a sustainable factory. Now see what it takes to run Europe's greenest festival. Paradise City hosts 60,000+ visitors on the grounds of a Belgian castle in Perk, 10 minutes from Brussels Airport. We secured something they have never offered before.

From 18:00, your group receives an exclusive guided backstage tour of the festival setup as the team brings a massive-scale sustainable operation to life.

Access never granted beforeParadise City opened their backstage exclusively for this group. A one-time arrangement.

Sustainable production at festival scaleThe festival's obsession with sustainable operations mirrors exactly the challenge your industry faces.

Two free tickets to one lucky winnerNot a small local event. Regularly in international press, with DJs who also perform at Tomorrowland.

Why This Event

Four reasons this is worth a day of your time

Peer-Level Conversations

No vendor booths. Everyone in the room is in operations or digital transformation. Conversations stay real.

Sustainability Meets Operations

The same MES investment that fixes scheduling and OEE delivers the data your CSRD report requires.

The Full Stack in One Room

MES, cloud infrastructure, automation hardware, and implementation expertise all represented.

An Evening Worth Remembering

The Paradise City backstage tour is a shared experience you will still talk about long after the trip home.

Secure Your Seat

This is an invitation-only event.

Limited seats, curated attendees. Submit your details and we will confirm your place within two business days.

Thursday, June 18, 2026 . Full day from 12:00

Kasteelhoekstraat, Perk, Belgium . On the Paradise City festival grounds. 10 minutes from Brussels Airport.

Evening: Paradise City backstage access from 18:00

Limited to Directors, VPs and C-level manufacturing leaders

By submitting you agree to be contacted by the event organisers. Your details are not shared with third parties.

Request received.

We will review your details and be in touch within two business days to confirm your place at the roundtable.

The Sustainable Factory Summit

Manufacturers don't struggle because they lack software.

Disconnected Systems

MES Projects That Don't Deliver

Multi-Plant Blind Spots

You Can't Report What You Can't Measure

Digital Product Passports Are Coming

Scrap Is a Sustainability Problem Too

Built for operational leaders responsible for plant performance, standardization, quality, waste reduction, and scalable execution.

Company Profile

Where manufacturing excellence meets regulatory readiness.

The same MES data that runs your factory proves it's sustainable.

Plex doesn't bolt sustainability on top of your operations. It builds it into the operating system of your factory.

See Plex MES in Action.

Brought to you by leaders in industrial software

A backstage pass to Europe's greenest festival.

Four reasons this is worth a day of your time

Peer-Level Conversations

Sustainability Meets Operations

The Full Stack in One Room

An Evening Worth Remembering

This is an invitation-only event.

Request received.

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